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JavaScript Status Bar Messages

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JavaScript can be used to display messages in the status bar using window.status. For example, you can display a javascript status bar message whenever your users hover over your hyperlinks.

Example

Hover over me!

To do this, use the following code:

<a href="javascript_status_bar_messages.cfm"
  onMouseover="window.status='Status Bar Message goes here'; return true"
  onMouseout="window.status=''; return true">Hover over me!</a>

You may have noticed that I specified the onMouseout to restore the status bar to nothing when the user hovers away from the link.

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